The Houston Area Community Foundation (HACF) recently awarded $11,250. Fundraising efforts started after the Bright Ideas Workshop last November. HACF has had 23 supporters giving from $100 to $1000. In addition to the first-year incentive matches from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, SMIF also provided a pandemic matching grant, which provided four dollars for … [Read more...]
Houston County receives 26% of ballots, thus far
Whether by mail or in-person voting, according to Auditor-Treasurer Donna Trehus, overseeing the election process in Houston County, Minn., a total of 3,242 ballots have already been submitted by registered voters. Out of 12,406 registered voters in the county, that amounts to roughly 26%. Between mail-in ballots and registered absentee ballots, Houston County mailed out … [Read more...]
Soccer (Section 1A Tournament, 10/12 – 10/16)
(B) Cal/SG/Hou 2, Lourdes 1 (With the 13-seed, the Warriors pulled off the upset over 4-seed Rochester Lourdes on a windy night in Rochester – reported to be the program’s first-ever win over the Eagles. It is also the boys’ first playoff win in at least 10 years or more. The Warriors never trailed after Nick Schmitz scored the night’s first goal. After Lourdes tied it up … [Read more...]
Ruth Evelyn (Chapel) Boyum
Ruth Evelyn (Chapel) Boyum, 87, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2020 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Ruth was born to Lloyd Sr. and Lula (Ray) Vix on April 25, 1933 in Hokah, Minn. She grew up and lived the majority of her life in the Houston area where she graduated from Houston High School. She had four children with her first husband Richard Chapel. She … [Read more...]
Harriet Miller
Harriet O. Miller, 83, of Houston, Minn., passed away peacefully with family by her side on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at her home. Harriet was born on August 26, 1937, in Winona to Odin and Selina (Hundorf) Johnsgaard. She married John Seekamp and together had five children. They later divorced. Harriet lived and worked on the buffalo farm until 1972, then moved to the house … [Read more...]
Welcoming Houston’s new teachers
By Wanda Hanson Gary Shields comes to Houston High School with 20 years of teaching experience, including teaching physics at Winona State University. Shields, a resident of Winona, Minn., has a wife, Melissa, and two sons who are in tenth and seventh grade. His family enjoys Caribbean cruises in the winter and camping road trips in the summer. They particularly enjoy national … [Read more...]
Houston moves forward on community center financing
By Wanda Hanson The Houston City Council focused on the financing of the community center renovations at their October 13 meeting. Mike Bubany of David Drown Associates, Inc. walked the council through the process. After a public hearing on the bonding at which no one spoke or asked any questions, Bubany explained that the city needed to identify enough parcels that the … [Read more...]
Audrey Joanne Hegland
Audrey Joanne Hegland left us for her eternal home Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wis., after a brief illness. She was born August 6, 1942, to John and Ardell (Lemke) Hegland, in La Crosse. She spent her childhood on the family farm in rural Houston, Minn. Audrey was a graduate of Houston High School and Winona Secretarial School. … [Read more...]
Houston Elementary awarded National Blue Ribbon School Award
By Wanda Hanson On October 1, 2020, The Houston School Board heard from a humble principal Rick Bartz that Houston Elementary had been notified that it had been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School. Only eight schools were selected for the award in Minnesota. The award is for “exemplary work in closing achievement gaps.” Normally the award would include a trip to … [Read more...]
Soccer (9/28 & 10/01)
(B) Cotter/Hope 1, Cal/SG/Hou 4 (Austin Meyer scored two goals and assisted with a free kick on a Dominick Konkel goal, which put the Warriors up 3-1 with 9:36 to play. Sam Flatin assisted both Meyer goals, the first midway through the first half and the final score with only two minutes remaining. Just two minutes after Meyer scored the ice-breaker, Lyle Myhre made it 2-0, a … [Read more...]